Apparel garment



Sept. 18 1923.

' 11,468,475 D. KoPs APPAREL GARMENT Filed A rii 29, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mmms Sept. l8 1923.

D. KOPS APPAREL GARMENT Filed April 29 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR H'EED srarss insane raresrosrics.

. DANIEL .KOPS; ol nnw YORK, is. 2%., nssienos To KOPS BROTHERS, mo on New I YORK, N. 2., A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

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-"e'pplieation filed April ea eas. Serial No. 557,542. I r

T To all whont't may concern:

' Beit known that I, DANIEL Kore, a citizen of'the United States, residing in the, borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

State of New Yorlghave invented an Improvement in Apparel Garments,- of which the following is a specification.

The revailin tendenc in the use of corsets is'to produce the appearance of a natural or uncorseted ligu're sorfar as the same is possible, andthe corset'ma'de in accordance with my present invention is designed to produce this result and includes a, cona modificationf of the :torrn of garment shownand described Letters Patent No. 1,4 l32A70, granted to me Octoberli, 1922. v The object offthe' invention'in the present case, as well as inthat of the application'to '20 which I have referred, is'ia garment inthe use of which a natural or uncorseted figure effect may be obtained and at the same time sufficient support be provided forthe underlying portions of the body of the wearer,

particularly. at the groin section-thereof. The corset'm'ade' in accordance with this invention is preferably a closed baclr garment, although, as will be understood, the invention isnot limited'tolus e in'a closed back corset. The corsetiis constructedwith the front members each comprising'a front steel section, a sectioniof yielding fabric'orother similar material between each front steel section and the adjacent portion of the body of the garment, which yieldingsection preferably extends from the upper to thelower edge ofthe garment, together with adjust ingtension and supporting devices extending from approximately the waistline to the 40 groin section ofthe wearer and so embodied inthe garment as to be readily adjustable to position in a manner similar to that described in my application aforesaidf In the garment made. in accordance with this invention,however, the lower front portions of these adjusting tension and supporting devices are connected .to the lower extremities of the front steels, and there are overlying extensions depending.v from the front steel sections which assume a substantially 's'traight'line position, while the lower "edges of the adjusting tensionand supporting evices are made-to conform to the groin sec 'tion of the wearer, and inbeingadjusted to position exert a tension against the lowerex tremiti'es'of the front steel to form a continuous pressure against the groin section of the wearer to provide a more adequate support therefor than is obtained by the use of the garment; as shown and described in my aforesaid application.

In the drawing: i. Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a corset made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation on an enlarged scale showing the front inner portion of'the gar ment. struction which is an improvement upon and Fig. 3is a longitudinal section on a still larger scale illustrating the manner in whlch the lower portion of the front steel "section overlies the lower extremities of the with afront steelin one of which there are 7 the usual stud members 12 and connected to the other usual socket members 18 forming the clasps by which-the garment at the front edges thereof is connected on the body.

The front. steel section 10 includes an extension 14: and the front steel section 11 a corresponding extention 15. These extensions of the front steel sections overlie the lower extremities of the corset steels and are entirely free therefrom from predetermined distances above the lower edges there of which, for. example, may be indicated by thelines 16*and 17, whereas the lower ends of the corset steels are indicated respective ly at 18and 19. In a suitable position in these extensions let and 15 of the front steel sections I may employ a clasp 2O bywhich the edges are connected to one another; and also in these extensions of the front steel sections I prefer to employ eyelets 21 through which a lace 22 is threaded for drawing together-and securing in position the lower extremities of these overlying ex tensions of the front steel sections.

Inasmuch as the front sections of the garnient are similarly constructed but one of these will be specifically described. These front sections include yielding members 23 and 24c made of elastic fabric or other simi lar material and of predetermined width extending from the upper to the lower edges of the garment and connecting the front steel sections with the body portions thereof. In each front. portion of the garment I employ an adjusting tension and supporting device. Each of these-comprises an adjusting strap 25 which is connected to the front steel section and at they lower end thereof to the front steel'so that a portion of the front steel section overlies. a portion, that 'is the lower portion of the adjusting strap 25. This adjusting strap 25 extends from the lower end of the front steel to approximately the waistline of the garment and is secured to the front steel sectionand the cover of the front steel in any suitable manner The opposite edge of the adjusting strap 25 is provided with eyelets26. Associated with the adjusting strap 25 is an anchor strap 27. This is provided with eyelets 26 corresponding in number with the eyelets28 and the adjusting strap and a lace.

29 threaded through the eyelets 26 and 28 and also through eyelets 30in the adjacent portion of the body of the garment so as to extend to theexterior thereof where, after adjusting the straps to position by drawing on the lace. the lace may be tied in a bow'or knot as indicated. at 31 to secure the parts of thfegarinent in position. As indicated in the drawlng, each ad usting tension and sup porting device underlies the yielding fabric section at the front of the garment, and as clearly indicated in Fig. 2 the lower endof the adjusting strap 25 may. be provided with a reinforcing strip 32 which in this instance is'secured thereto by suitable rows of stitching indicated at 33.

In the form of the invention indicatedin Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, the adjust-- ing. strap 25 is made of inelastic material including the reinforcing strip 32 secured to the lower end thereof. .In some instances, however, particularly where a more yielding eifect is desired the reinforcingstrip 32 may be dispensed with and a tension strip indicated at 3st be usedin its stead.

theparts to place the tension applied causes the separate reinforcing strip to yield at least to the extent of the width of the adjustng strap 1n order to produce a greater In this structure, as is indicated in Fig. 4, the exyielding effect than when the entire adjusting strap is made inelastic.

In the use of the garment, ashereinbefore described, as will now be apparent, the lower edges of the adjusting tension and supporting devicesare permitted. to conform to the.

groin sections of the wearer without in any way affecting or infiuencin the outer. contour of the garment and will manifestly lend a greater support to the groin section of the wearer than is possible with the gar.

ment constructed in accordance with the disclosure made in my aforesaid application.

I claim as myinvention:

1'. In an apparel corset and in each'front portion thereof, a, front steel section, an elastic section between the front steel. section and the adjacent portion of thebodyof elastic fabric section between thehfrontsteel section andthe adjacent portion of the body of the garment extending from the upper to the lower edges thereof, an adjustable inelastic supporting devicecoextensive circuniferentially with the elastic fabric sectionand extending substantially from the waistline to the groin section on the inner side of the garment, and a front skirt exten tion overlying the lower. end of the front steel section.

3.- In an apparel corset andin each front portion thereof, a front. steel section, an elastic fabric section. between the front. steel section and the adjacent portion of the body of the. garment extending from the upper to the lower edges thereof, an inelastic supporting device underlying theelastic fabric] section'and extending from approximatelythe waistline to the groin section of the garment, means for adjusting the said support; ing device to position exteriorly of the garment, and a front skirt extension overlying the "lower end of the front steel sectionl v 4. In anapparel. corset and each front portion thereof, afront steel section, an elastic fabric section extending between the front steel section and the adjacentportion of the body of the garment and also from the top to the. bottom edges thereof, an inelastic strap secured along one edge to the front steel section extending upwardly from the lower end thereof, an inelastic strap secured'along one edge to the forwardg section of the body of. the garment, the said straps extending from approximately the waistline to the groin section on theinner side of the garment,means.for adjusting the wearer, and a front skirt extension "overly ing the lower ends of the front steel section.

5. In an apparel corset and in each front portion thereof, a front steel section, an elastic fabric section extending between the front steel section and the adjacent portion of the body of the garment and also from the top to the; bottom edges thereof, an

inelastic strap secured along one edgeto the: front steel section extending upwardy from the lower end thereof, an inelastic strap 7 secured along one edge to the forward section of the body of the garment along a portion of the adjacent edge of the elastic section, the said straps extending from approximately the waistline to the groin section of the garment, a lacethreaded through the adjacent edges of the said straps and passing to the outer side of the for adjusting the said straps relatively to positionin adjusting the garment on the body of the wearer, and a front skirt extension overlying the lower end of the front steel section.

Signed by me this 24th day of April, 1922.

. i DANIEL KOPS.

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